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Henry VI, Part 3

Henry VI on Country Life — Shorter Version

Henry VI on Country Life — Shorter Version

Children’s Theatre · Children’s Shakespeare

Children’s Shakespeare Henry VI, Part 3

About this speech

A shorter version of Henry VI’s longing-for-country-life soliloquy (3H6 II.v), cut for young Players. The full-length version → sits in the Soliloquies library.

Speech

KING HENRY VI. O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ….

(Shorter version pending import from Drive individual doc.)

Facilitator Notes

Try it seated, then standing on a chair. What changes?